Somewhere in Canada

A mansion somewhere in the mountains can be seen as the sun is at the top of the sky. In said mansion there´s a big balcony that overlooks the mountainous terrain and on the balcony there's a black haired man resting on a chair, dressed on a floral shirt, green shorts and sunglasses, this man is the by now 45 year old...

Chris Mclean, old host of Total Drama.

Then, a butler arrives at the balcony and stands next to Chris.

Butler: excuse mister Mclean, but I come with news-

Chris: if it's the producers who want me to host another Total Drama season - he said interrupting the butler mid-sentence without even looking at him - tell them to forget it, I still have 230495 days of home arrest that I have to fulfill and I can't pay my own bail...are they going to pay my bail?

Butler: that's the thing Mr. Mclean, I come with bad news and good news...the bad news is, the producers fired you - he said.

Chris: say what?! - he said as he sat up and took off his sunglasses looking extremely surprised - how dare they?! they are nothing without me and they won't find another host like me, and-!

Butler: Mr. Mclean, please calm down - he said trying to calm his boss - that's where the good news comes in

Chris: then please go ahead and tell me the good news, what could possibly improve the situation? - he said clearly annoyed.

Butler: there´s somebody waiting on the meeting room, says that is willing to pay your bail if you help him with something - he said and this caught the attention of Chris

Chris: really? - he said surprised but then thought for a bit before making a decision - ok, get me my clothes and tell our little guest that I'll see him in five minutes.

Butler: understood Mr. Mclean - said as he left to fulfill the order.

Five minutes later

Chris was walking down one of the hallways of his mansion, dressed up in his usual attire and he then entered a pretty big room, which had a big circular table, a couple of panels for work and some screens, as well as having a huge window to see the scenery outside. But what Chris was more focused on was the man already inside the room, it was a guy younger than Chris, he guessed that he was around 20 years younger than him and was dressed in a red jacket, black t-shirt, blue jeans and white shoes, the guy was looking at the scenery outside as Chris entered the room.

Chris: ahem - he fakes a cough to get the attention of the guy, which he managed as the guy turned to look at him, revealing that he had red eyes - my butler said that you wanted to talk to me.

¿?: you are correct on that Mr. Mclean - said the guy with a smile seeing Chris, once Chris was next to him he offered him a handshake - allow me to introduce myself, my name is T Brandston, it's an honor to meet the original host of the Total Drama Franchise

Chris smiled and accepted the handshake.

Chris: well, it's good to finally receive some recognition around here, especially after everything that happened in previous seasons - he said as the two finished the handshake - but anyway, what brings you around here? I mean this isn't exactly an easy to access place after all.

T: you see Mr. Mclean; I'll go straight to the point - he said with a smile - I am willing to pay your bail...if you are willing to host a new Total Drama season working for me.

Chris: hold the phone, are you serious?! - he said not believing it - But...I thought the old producers had the rights to the show?!

T: originally yeah, but after some, let's call them "peaceful" talks they handed the rights to me - he said with a small laugh - I have all the rights necessary for the show and we also have all the funding secured

Chris: that sounds awesome, this will be like old times - he said extremely excited, but then started to think a bit - but where are we going to do the show? We lost both wawanakwa and Pahkitew, the jet was sold to a scrapyard, and we were banned from the filming set.

T: well, you see, I have been making some calls and I secured a location in a remote location of the world - he said as he pulled a tablet out of his jacket, showing a map China with an area painted red - the region marked with red is a section is a group of old Chinese towns and a few temples, coronated with a huge palace at the top of a mountain, all surrounded by lush jungles and high mountains, the place is almost isolated and we won't be bothered at all

Chris: sounds like you have everything ready - he said with a big smile - when do we start filming?

T: calm down man, we have almost everything ready - he said as he putted the tablet away - first of all we haven't been able to contact Chef, so in the meantime we are holding auditions for a new Chef in case of emergencies. That and the fact that we still have not gathered a cast yet.

Chris: you can leave the cast gathering to me, without the old producers we'll have to get new people and I always wanted to bring new blood into the show - he said with a big smile, making T smile even more.

T: excellent, I'll go speak with the rest of my team to tell them that we have you on board, and I'll let you have my number - he said giving Chris a small greeting card with T's phone number - I'll leave you to work on the cast - he said with a smile as he left the room, Chris then grabbed a walkie talkie and talked with his butler

Chris: turn the computer on, we have work to do - he said as he walked out of the room.

15 minutes later

Chris and his butler were in front of a computer, with the Butler typing at the keyboard while Chris was dictating something.

Chris: signed yours truly, Chris Mclean - he finished as he then looked at the butler - you got everything?

Butler: every single word Mr. Mclean, we have the entire application ready - he said reading what he wrote one last time.

Chris: perfect, send it to the publicity department of T and tell them to put it everywhere they can - he said with an excited smile as his butler gotm to work - this is going to be something good - he said with a smirk and a laugh, as the screen went black.

hehehe...hello again

yeah, I am aware that it has been a long ass time since the last time I spoke to any of you, but truth is I just...lost motivation with my old fics, but after a while I decided to start from scratch, so I am starting out a brand new Syoc Total drama fic.

But before I can start accepting submissions, I would like to ask you a few questions to see how this season will go

how big should the cast be? (minimum is 20, maximum is 40)

Do you want Chef to be back?

Do you want a co-host to work with Chris?

voting ends by the end of Monday so good luck, while you vote I'll work on the submission application so until then

Hasta la vista mis amigos...man I missed saying that.